Egyptian Coast Guard

Egyptian Coast Guard
Egyptian Coast Guard Racing Stripe
Active	1887–present
Country	Egypt
Branch	Egyptian Navy
Type	Coast guard
Size	2,000 (As of 2013) [1]
Garrison/HQ	Alexandria

Egyptian Coast Guard, part of the Egyptian Navy, is responsible for the onshore protection of public installations near the coast and the patrol of coastal waters to prevent smuggling. Currently consists of one hundred five ships and craft. The Egyptian Coast Guard has over 5,000 personnel. ^[2]

Developments

In September 2025, a subsidiary of the German shipbuilding group NVL, NVL Egypt, began making 10 new coast guard boats under the program PV43-M . They will all be constructed in Egypt with the support of NVL. ^[3]

Patrol boats

• 22 Timsah I/II class
• 12 Sea Spectre PB Mk III class
• 9 Swiftships class
• 6 MV70 class
• 5 P-6 (Project 183) class
• 3 Textron class

Patrol crafts

• 25 Swiftships 26m class
• 16 SR.N6 class
• 9 Type 83 class
• 6 Crestitalia class
• 12 Spectre class
• 12 Peterson class
• 5 Nisr class
• 29 DC-30 class
• 3 of 6 MRTP-20 Yonka Onuk MRTP-20 class ^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Port security
• Maritime security regime

References

1. Fagoyinbo, Joseph Babatunde (2013). The Armed Forces: Instrument of Peace, Strength, Development and Prosperity. Indiana, United States: AuthorHouse™ UK Ltd. p. 236. ISBN   978-1-4772-1844-0.
2. International Institute for Strategic Studies (3 Feb 2014). The Military Balance 2014. London: Routledge. pp. 315–318. ISBN   9781857437225.
3. "Egypt Has Begun Construction of Ten New Coast Guard Boats". Militarnyi. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
4. "قائد القوات البحرية: أحدث لنشات الصواريخ تنضم للخدمة 2013.. وبناء غواصتين من الجيل المتقدم بألمانيا - بوابة الأهرام" . Retrieved 2014-06-05.
5. "First Turkish Interceptor Delivered To Egyptian Navy |" . Retrieved 2014-06-05.